#8C53E2#8C53E2

#8C53E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.207 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C53E2
RGB	rgb(140, 83, 226)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 63.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 52.88, -64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 83.29, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.0972 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.207 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6325, 17.2525, 73.8110)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C53E2 #A9E253

analogous

#5361E2 #8C53E2 #D353E2

triadic

#8C53E2 #E28C53 #53E28C

tetradic

#8C53E2 #E25361 #A9E253 #53E2D3

square

#8C53E2 #E25361 #A9E253 #53E2D3

split-complementary

#8C53E2 #E2D353 #61E253

monochromatic

#501BA0 #6A24D4 #8C53E2 #AF87EB #D2BCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8C53E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8C53E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C53E2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C53E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C53E2	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c53e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 83, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.207 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b386ec',
    500: '#8c53e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c53e2;
$custom-light: #b386ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c53e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.916,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57956,
    "c": 0.20743,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C53E2

secondary

#CEE4AD

accent

#D31286

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C53E2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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